Milk-bottle carrier



W. C. CAMPBELL.

MILK BOTTLE CARRIER.

' APPLICATION FILED APR.24 ,1919.

1,352,173, 7 PatentedSept. 7, 1920.

CAMPBELL, a citizen, of the, United States, 7

cause 4 WILLIAM CHESTER CAMPBELL, or Dietitian-COLORADO, I

To all whom it may c o /111cm. v

'Be, it known that I, lVILLIAM 'Crnrs'rnrt residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mill Bottle Carriers; and I do declare the followingto be affull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

"and to the characters of reference marked 7 milk bottle carriers, my object being to prothereon, which form a part of thisspecification. 7

My invention relates to 1mprovements 1n vide a device which is adapted to be readily applied to and removed from the neck of a milk bottle or similar receptacle, the device at the same time having a handle member projecting sufficiently above the top for the purpose.

My further object is to provide a device of this character which shall be exceedingly simple in construction, economical in cost,

reliable, durable, and efficient in use.

Briefly expressed, the device consists of a closed loop, preferably composed of wire, the loop being larger at one end than at the other, the two ends being bent 'oward each other, the opening in the lZLT'QJL end of the loop being large enough to allow the top of the milk bottle to passthrough, whilethe opening in the smaller end is too contracted for such passage, but large enough to receive the neck just below the top of the bottle, the opening in the part between the bent ends being also large enough to receive the neck just below the top of the bottle, but of less width than the outside diameter of the Fig. 3 is a fragmentary View of a bottle- Application filed April 24,

' MILK-BOTTLE CARRIER.

i pecification of Letters Patent. Pat n d a 20,

1919. SerialNo, 2 92,231 a direction of arrow 3, Fig. 1.

.r erl l .Fig. his a detail view of the device shown on'a largerscale; V I

"The same reference characters indicate the same parts in allthe views. I

Let the numeralfo designate my improved milk bottle; carrier considered in its entirety and; composed of' a loop, preferably formed ofwire, and whose extremities 6 and mately *at right angles to the intermediate the loop has a relatively wide opening, its

width being at least equal to the outside" diameter of the top 9 of the bottle 10, while the portion 7 of the loop is of less width than the outside diameter of the top of the bottle,

but is sulliciently wide toreceive thebottle neck immediately below the top 9. Furthermore, the part 8 of the loop between the parts 6 and 7, is of a width at least equal to the movement of the device is continued, the

part .7 engages the'bottle neck just below the top or bead 9, while the part 6 occupies a position above the top and at suilicient distance therefrom to allow a person to use they part 6 as a handle in carrying the bottle.

Attention is called to the fact that the part 7 of thedevice extends somewhat more than half way around the neck of thebottle. This is important in order that the depart 8 of the device. ,The. extremity 6 off i the diameter of the bottle neck, just below,

2, the device may be operative, in view of the fact that'the spa-we between the members of the part 8 is less than the outside diameter of the top of the bottleq Since these members must extend upwardly from the part 7 above the top of the bottle, and this they could not do in the absence of the aforesaid condition relating to the part 7.

I claim: 1. A milk bottle carrier, comprising a =losed loop, larger at one end than the other, the two ends being bent toward each other, the opening in the larger end being of sulfi- I H p p 65 7 arebent toward each other andapproxl 'cient size to allow the top of a milk bottle diameter of the top. 7

rier, comprising' a loop having one end 2. A substantially rigid milk bottle caradapted to receive and engage the neck of the bottle just belowthe top bead theopening of said end being too narrow to permit passage of the head, the other 'end' o-f said loop being'bent toward the ,first mentioned end to approach parallelism therewith and the openingo'f said other end being sufli I ciently wide to pass said bead, the portions of said loop connecting said ends being spaced andpr'esenting therebetween on one side ot the carrier} an open throat wide enough to pass the bottle neck but row to pass, said top bead.

3. A substantially rigid milk bottle car rier, comprising a wire loop having a partadapted to', engage the neckof the bottle too narjust below the top bead and extend around V the same somewhat more than half way,

- parts extending upwardly from-theeiitremities of the first named part on both sides of the bottle and above the top thereoi and merginginto a handle memberlocated dig rectly above the diametral 'oenter of the bottle, the said handle part having an opening at least equal innwidth tothe outside di-- ameterof the top of the bottle and the said upwardly eXtending Qparts. providing: throat therebetween adapted to: receive the neck of the bottle and being too closeftogether to permit passage of-said top bead.

' In testimonyrwhereof IafiiX my signature.

WILLIAM oHEsTER CAMPBELL, 

